Why Labour is going Danish on immigration
Today in Focus
The Guardian
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🗓️ 17 November 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is The Guardian. |
| 0:09.0 | Today, why the UK's Labour government wants to copy Denmark's harsh approach to immigration. Now, we Brits have long admired a lot that the Danes have to offer. |
| 0:29.1 | We all love Lego, obviously. |
| 0:31.3 | This young boy has such fun. |
| 0:34.1 | We use Lego one by one. |
| 0:36.9 | Many of us enjoy their bacon. |
| 0:39.6 | Introducing Classic from Danebeck. |
| 0:42.3 | It's sticker cut, like bacon used to be cut. |
| 0:44.7 | We binge their crime dramas, |
| 0:46.6 | Envy their knitwear, |
| 0:49.7 | and are charmed by their special word for all things cozy and warm, |
| 0:53.3 | even if we struggle to pronounce it. |
| 0:55.1 | Higa. |
| 0:55.8 | Higgy. |
| 0:56.9 | Higie. |
| 0:58.6 | Higie. |
| 0:59.4 | But now the British government is looking to something else Danish for inspiration. |
| 1:05.7 | It's immigration regime. |
| 1:10.5 | Sources at the Home Office have confirmed that the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmoud |
| 1:15.5 | is actively looking at Denmark to model some of her policies. |
| 1:20.2 | Denmark has seen as one of the toughest countries in Europe for dealing with asylum claims. |
| 1:27.1 | Over the last six years, Denmark's social democratic government |
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